Minatory
/ˈmɪn.ə.tɔːr.i/noun
Expressing a threat or warning.
Did you know?Minatory comes from Latin minari, meaning “to threaten,” a verb tied to the same old threat-making root behind menace and minatory language in legal, political, and religious texts.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to project, protrude; to think, mind”
Latin
Latin
minari
“to threaten”
Latin
Latin
minatorius
“threatening, menacing”
Middle English
English
minatory
“threatening; menacing”
Modern English
English
minatory
“expressing or conveying a threat or warning”